CLASSIFICATION (ODDMAN OUT) practice Questions Set 1

CLASSIFICATION (ODDMAN OUT) practice Questions Set 1

Classification means ‘to assort the items of a given group on the basis of certain common qualities or  characteristics they possess and to spot the stranger.’ These types of questions are based on similar  relationship that exists between the things, objects, words or letters. In this test, generally, you will  be given a group of five items, out of which four are similar to one another in some way and the fifth  is different. The candidate is required to choose the item which does not fit into the given group.

1. (1) Ladder   (2) Staircase   (3) Bridge   (4) Escalator  (5) Lift

2. (1) Nephrology  (2) Entomology  (3) Astrology  (4) Mycology  (5) Pathology

3. (1) Swimming  (2) Breathing  (3) Walking   (4) Dancing   (5) Playing

4. (1) Arrow   (2) Missile   (3) Sword   (4) Bullet   (5) Spear

5. (1) Biscuit   (2) Chocolate  (3) Cake   (4) Bread   (5) Pastry

6. (1) Tortoise  (2) Snail   (3) Turtle   (4) Spider   (5) Oyster

7. (1) Virgo   (2) Pisces   (3) Libra   (4) Sagittarius  (5) Orion

8. (1) Japan   (2) India   (3) Sri Lanka   (4) New Zealand  (5) Malagasy

9. (1) Producer  (2) Director   (3) Investor   (4) Financier   (5) Entrepreneur

10. (1) Chariot  (2) Car   (3) Bus   (4) Wagon   (5) Sledge

11. (1) Crow   (2) Pigeon   (3) Parrot   (4) Butterfly   (5) Peacock

12. (1) Hepatitis  (2) Tetanus   (3) Cancer   (4) Conjunctivitis  (5) Measles

13. (1) Fox   (2) Wolf   (3) Jackal   (4) Deer   (5) Panther

14. (1) Nitrogen  (2) Oxygen   (3) Carbon dioxide  (4) Phosphorus  (5) Hydrogen

15. (1) Man   (2) Mother   (3) Sister   (4) Father   (5) Brother

16. (1) EWZQ  (2) OSLS   (3) GFKD   (4) VSPM   (5) QBTV 

17. (1) 26Z   (2) 24X   (3) 22V   (4) 20S   (5) 18R 

18. (1) BTR   (2) CTR   (3) DTR   (4) ETR   (5) FTR

19. (1) NOOP  (2) HIIJ   (3) PQQR   (4) UVVX   (5) XYYZ

20. (1) TYN   (2) BFD   (3) MQO   (4) LPN   (5) QUS

21. (1) BCD   (2) HIJ   (3) MNP   (4) TUV   (5) WXY

22. (1) MNO   (2) CDE   (3) GHI   (4) PQR   (5) STU

23. (1) BEH   (2) ILO   (3) NQT   (4) GHK   (5) RUX

24. (1) TAN   (2) RAE   (3) UCT   (4) AWS   (5) YSX

25. (1) 135   (2) 286   (3) 371   (4) 591   (5) 719

Answers:
1. (3) 2. (3) 3. (2) 4. (3) 5. (2) 6. (4) 7. (5) 8. (2) 9. (2) 10. (5)

11. (4) 12. (2) 13. (4) 14. (4) 15. (1)  16. (2) 17. (4) 18. (4) 19. (4) 20. (1)

21. (3) 22. (4) 23. (4) 24. (5) 25. (2)

 

Explanatory Answers:
1. All except bridge are used for up and down movement.
2. All except Astrology are connected with biology.
3. Breathing is the only natural action.
4. All except sword strike the target at distance.
5. All except chocolate are baked items.
6. All except spider have hard protective shells.
7. All except orion are zodiac signs, while orion is  a constellation.
8. All  except  India  are  islands,  while  India  is  a  peninsula.
9. All except director spend money.
10. All except sledge have wheels.
11. All  except  butterfly  are  birds,  whereas  butterfly is an insect.
12. All except tetanus are diseases caused by virus, while tetanus is caused by bacteria.
13. All except deer are flesh eating animals.

14. All others are gases.
15. All other words define some relationship.
16. No letter is repeated in any other group.
17. In  all  other  options,  the  number  denotes  the  position of the letter in the English alphabet.
18. No other group has a vowel.
19. All  other  groups  contain  three  consecutive  letters with second letter repeated twice.
20. In  all  other  options  there  are  three  alternate letters.
21. In all others the letters are consecutive.
22. All  except  4  are  consecutive  letters  which  end with a vowel.
23. In  all  other  groups  there  are  2  letters  in  the alphabet  in  between  the  1st  and  the  2nd letter  and the 2nd and the 3rd letter.
24. In all others a meaningful word can be formed  by the letters.
25. In all others the numbers are odd numbers